most strikeouts allowed since may 11, 1978 to september 29, 2002

Between May 11, 1978 and September 29, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most hitters, with 3,909 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player since May 11, 1978 to september 29, 2002

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,909	574	293	151	.660	573	3.15	116	45	0	4067.0	3,478	1,425	1,573	297	1,321	136	0	51	16,775	120	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.70
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,746	436	224	106	.679	426	3.06	87	34	2	3008.1	2,310	1,023	1,154	267	1,231	138	5	19	12,411	91	11.21	3.68	3.04	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.291	3.45	6.91
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,217	470	181	159	.532	470	3.31	82	25	0	3102.0	2,366	1,142	1,301	198	1,381	86	0	46	12,921	169	9.33	4.01	2.33	0.57	24.9	10.7	1.21	.270	3.77	6.86
4	David Cone D. Cone	2,655	445	193	123	.611	415	3.45	56	22	1	2880.2	2,484	1,103	1,209	254	1,124	106	9	41	12,099	149	8.29	3.51	2.36	0.79	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.78	7.76
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,641	539	273	152	.642	535	2.83	102	34	0	3750.1	3,400	1,179	1,348	210	805	101	3	147	15,216	50	6.34	1.93	3.28	0.50	17.4	5.3	1.12	.278	3.23	8.16
6	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	8.64
7	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,447	540	253	185	.578	519	3.90	174	28	0	3767.0	3,521	1,633	1,790	384	1,361	57	10	99	15,884	203	5.85	3.25	1.80	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.270	4.28	8.41
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,348	426	155	108	.589	314	3.36	76	17	13	2418.0	2,142	902	959	246	571	36	60	39	9,816	63	8.74	2.13	4.11	0.92	23.9	5.8	1.12	.287	3.57	7.97
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,240	467	163	118	.580	361	3.34	47	14	65	2553.2	2,204	949	1,040	206	808	40	88	58	10,499	120	7.89	2.85	2.77	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.277	3.67	7.77
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,220	326	152	63	.707	259	2.62	38	15	3	1892.1	1,406	551	615	142	507	90	23	21	7,537	46	10.56	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.92	6.69
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,079	419	183	122	.600	409	3.22	72	17	0	2840.0	2,656	1,016	1,168	178	791	124	1	39	11,789	91	6.59	2.51	2.63	0.56	17.6	6.7	1.21	.288	3.70	8.42
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
15	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,054	505	242	143	.629	505	3.37	52	22	0	3344.2	3,174	1,252	1,388	247	1,140	50	0	110	14,030	59	5.53	3.07	1.80	0.66	14.6	8.1	1.29	.278	3.73	8.54
16	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,367	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	8.45
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,001	638	227	183	.554	540	3.68	115	30	4	3756.2	3,664	1,534	1,714	357	1,073	114	31	64	15,729	76	4.79	2.57	1.86	0.86	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.11	8.78
18	Andy Benes A. Benes	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	8.54
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,989	567	182	183	.499	439	3.85	107	13	9	3264.0	2,888	1,397	1,594	340	1,371	140	61	31	13,880	150	5.48	3.78	1.45	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.30	.254	4.40	7.96
20	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
21	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,955	430	142	157	.475	397	4.83	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	1,375	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	9.10
22	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
23	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,937	389	161	127	.559	377	3.65	34	12	0	2479.2	2,298	1,005	1,091	211	887	71	2	47	10,437	98	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.77	18.6	8.5	1.28	.285	3.96	8.34
24	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,936	403	163	134	.549	399	3.70	110	24	0	2780.0	2,705	1,144	1,250	278	758	95	1	41	11,599	65	6.27	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.25	.284	4.05	8.76
25	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,931	355	182	102	.641	355	3.54	51	20	0	2454.0	2,305	966	1,026	257	557	31	0	18	9,996	52	7.08	2.04	3.47	0.94	19.3	5.6	1.17	.284	3.76	8.45

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